-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 04:47:23PM +0000, Bill Weiss wrote: > Thomas Springer([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 02:08:41PM +0200: > > Tunderbird uses for every folder a pseudo-database with a big data-file > > contining every mail and a corresponding index-file (*.msf, for > > thunderbird) - just like every harddisk does. if you delete a message, > > it gets deleted only in the index - this is fast and you won't see the > > msg anymore in your app. > > > > this mbx-format is an ancient, but especially in the unix-world still > > very common format to store emails. > > Just a note: > > This isn't the same as the common "mbox" format that UNIX mailers tend to > use. mbox is a flat file of email, and deleting an email removes it from > the file. What Thunderbird is doing is different. > > Outlook does something very similar, at least through Outlook 2000.
Yes, but he said mbx-format, not mbox-format. mbx-format is a different format, and also comes from the unix-world. Very ancient too. Just for further exemplification, EXIM (the MTA) supports MBOX format, maildir format, and mbx format. See: http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/spec_26.html#IX1986 About mbx-format implementation on EXIM 4.40. On the other hand, I doubt it is the exactly the same format used by Thunderbird. - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCuFUFpdyWzQ5b5ckRAiiyAJ9JuO0+duDqipMEVsXC0U5x64km5QCeOyQG 4+rZ9e98CFRGV6f7tUdqitg= =2RPQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
